another 5th gen blinker fuse/short problem.

Alright guys i need some help I have been searching for days and im still at a loss as to what to do. I have a hard/dead short somewere and i dont know how to find it. I have unpluged everything on that fuse. Horn,brake lights bulbs and all 4 turn signals and it still blows the fuse the second i turn the key on. I have looked at all the wires and dont see anything obvious. I have opened both handles bar switches and dont see any problems. I read in another thread that maybe the blinker relay could be causing a short. Can this be confirmed or denied? what else should i be doing.
fwiw I have the manual.
thanks guys

 

a budy of mines says use a continuity tester to check for shorts on all the wires(soi will try that). any other ideas